Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G have been on the job with great DWTS recaps for us throughout Season 12. In this final week of performances, both Chuck and Lenni G will weigh in with their thoughts on the episodes -- both the Monday night performance episode and Tuesday night's finale. Chuck recapped last night's show, and now Lenni gives us her parting thoughts.

It was the final night of the "Brawl for the Ball," featuring featuring "Little Miss Dynamite," Chelsea, "Ray of Sunshine," Hines, and "Rising from the Ashes," Kirstie.  There was lots of other stuff too which my co-blogger, Chuck, has very ably covered in his post. 

My favorite "other stuff" - Petra and Dmitry reprising their dance to "You Raise Me Up" with a real live Josh Grobin doing the singing.

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G have been on the job with great DWTS recaps for us throughout Season 12. In this final week of performances, both Chuck and Lenni G will weigh in with their thoughts on the episodes -- both the Monday night performance episode and tonight's finale. Here's Chuck's recap and big news on this season's winner:

Tonight's voter competitions couldn't be more different: On "American Idol," two teen competitors (one of whom is a local favorite) square off to be the next singing sensation. Meanwhile, on the season 12 finale of "Dancing With the Stars," only one of the three competitors left is anywhere close to teenager-hood, and one of the musical guests -- The Go-Gos -- were popular when I was in college (hmm ... three decades ago!).

So, where will things go tonight? I predicted last night that this was Hines and Kym's to lose after their amazing "Drumline" freestyle. Do they follow through on that promise, or do they somehow lose out to Chelsea and Mark or Kirstie and Maks?

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G have been on the job with great DWTS recaps for us throughout Season 12. In this final week of performances, both Chuck and Lenni G will weigh in with their thoughts on the episodes -- both the Monday night performance episode and Tuesday night's finale. Chuck gave us his opinions last night, and Lenni G offers her insight today:

It's the finals and we have three stars doing two dances for the incredible Mirror Ball Trophy. Is this exciting or what! The first round is all about dances the judges have chosen for each couple.

First up, Chelsea and Mark with a samba. Carrie Ann joined the duo in an advisory capacity, telling Chelsea to eliminate the "perky" and get into the "sensual." Clearly, Chelsea took Carrie Ann's advice to heart, getting her "sexy" on in this routine.

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G have been on the job with great DWTS recaps for us throughout Season 12. In this final week of performances, both Chuck and Lenni G will weigh in with their thoughts on the episodes -- both the Monday night performance episode and Tuesday night's finale. Chuck starts things off tonight (check back for Lenni's recap on Tuesday).

So, after a season of spills (Maks, Karina, Kym), thrills and a fairly evenly matched cast, we're down to tonight's finals. Who will make the grab for the mirror-ball trophy?

Each star has two dances tonight, including their freestyle and a "judge's choice" dance. Mark Ballas and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are showing their abs, Chelsea's working that spray tan, and Hines Ward and Kym Johnson are going the opposite, with tux, tails and a gorgeous dress and Audrey Hepburn-esque gloves.

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G will be back on the job for us with recaps throughout Season 12. Lenni G gives us her thoughts on last night's elimination.

Yes, people, it was another two hour DWTS extravaganza. The first 60 minutes were all about the importance of the free style dance on finals night. We now know that if you can't do the free style, you just can't win. Alrighty then! And, we got to see Cheryl and Drew Lachey do their "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" free style routine which was voted the best dance ever by DWTS viewers. Looking good, Drew, looking good.

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G will be back on the job for us with recaps throughout Season 12. Lenni G gives us her thoughts on last night's show.

It was a busy, busy semi-finals night with each couple doing two individual dances plus a "winner takes all" cha cha elimination complete with brackets. It's March Madness in May, DWTS style.

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G will be back on the job for us with recaps throughout Season 12. Chuck gives us his thoughts on tonight's elimination.

Tonight's results show is leaning heavily on the story of Ralph Macchio's injury. The judges ask Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy to reprise the Argentine tango. And yes, it's hotter than night one's! It would be a shame to see them leave tonight, but there's a possibility of that (their Instant Dance was ho-hum).

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G will be back on the job for us with recaps throughout Season 12. Chuck gives us his thoughts on tonight's episode.

With next week's semi-finals coming up, tonight will be the night that shows which stars really have a shot at the mirrorball -- and which one fell just short of contention. Tonight, each dancer has two individual performances, including the return of the "Instant Dance" -- the feature in which the star and the pro find out what song they're dancing to less than an hour before they hit the floor.

Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke kick things off, and Tom is oddly off-balance, making a crack about Brooke's spray tan after Brooke talks about the Instant Dance format that sounds like a complete nonsequitur. Hope the rest of the evening isn't as odd.

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G will be back on the job for us with recaps throughout Season 12. Chuck gives us his thoughts on tonight's episode.

Preceded by a one-hour recap of Monday night, tonight's results show feels especially padded, with two musical guests (James Blunt and Nicki Minaj), Wayne Brady in the Macy's Stars of Dance segment and 17- year-old ballerina Patricia Zhou in a spotlight segment.

Tom Bergeron asks the judges what dance they want for the encore. (I actually wouldn't have been surprised to see Kendra/Louis.) The repeat dance goes to Team Chelsea, and the team does at least as well as the night before. But Mark Ballas continues to outdance his tmmates, and it gets old fast! Mark's not much of a team player.

Our 'Dancing with the Stars' correspondents Chuck Small and Lenni G will be back on the job for us with recaps throughout Season 12. Chuck gives us his thoughts on tonight's episode.

We're "celebrating ballroom greatness," Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke say, in the introduction to tonight's episode. We'll see. Sixteen-time world professional Latin champion Donnie Burns is a guest judge, saying, "Nobody but nobody does show business like you Americans." (Fawn much?)

The remaining six competitors are dressed in teams in extremely garish outfits. Team Chelsea, evidently inspired by Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Barry's "Catwoman" outfits, are Chelsea Kane/Mark Ballas, Romeo/Chelsie Hightower and Ralph Macchio/Karina Smirnoff. Ralph is feeling fish out of water because he hasn't done the cha-cha yet and he's older than his teammates. Romeo and Chelsea are trying to help Ralph make the dance look sexy. Mark is pushing everyone to stay on the beat. Romeo and Chelsie are grinding a bit.